13 April

13 April

Cameron announces NHS Future Forum – a group of clinicians, patient representatives voluntary sector representatives and others from the health field, including frontline staff, that will oversee the NHS listening exercise.

1 October

12 October

Bill approved at second reading in the House of Lords by 354-220. An amendment moved by Lord Owen to commit the most controversial clauses of the Bill to a select committee was defeated by 330-262

13 October

Lansley forced to provide subsidies to keep essential services going in the health service, as the National Audit Office warns that at least 20 NHS trusts are not "financially or clinically viable in their current form".

19 October

New chair of super-quango that will run the NHS, University College London's provost Malcolm Grant, tells MPs that the coalition's health bill is "completely unintelligible".

26 October

Lansley says NHS managers who fail to get hospitals ready to become foundation trusts by 2014 will be "removed and replaced".

3 November

Ministers forced to "pause" a key part of its NHS bill to stave off an embarrassing rebellion from key Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords – a move that ensures peers will now debate the controversial legislation until Christmas.

10 November

The government signs off on a decade-long contract to let the first hospital to pass to private company Circle in a deal worth £1bn.

25 November

Assessments by NHS show the government's shakeup of the NHS has led to a decline in public confidence, "may destabilise existing services" and has raised risks to patient safety to disturbing levels.

13 December

A "leadership vacuum" caused by the government's plans for the health service puts lives at risks and is forcing hospitals into dire financial straits in London – the largest single region of the NHS – health thinktank the King's Fund warns.

20 December

The coalition government's health bill will dilute accountability to parliament and the courts and should be amended to address serious constitutional issues that remain, a Lords committee warns.